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Author: Michael Walter Cardiovascular Business Coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring can provide value as an independent predictor of 30-day or one-year mortality following transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), according to new findings published in Radiology. The study’s authors tracked data from 309 patients with severe aortic stenosis who underwent CT imaging during the planning process for […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Lu, Shu Yang MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: August 2021 BACKGROUND: The association between obesity, or elevated body mass index (BMI), and outcomes in patients receiving venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) has not been well established. Recent studies in patients receiving venovenous ECMO did not detect an association between obesity and increased mortality. The […]
Read MoreDG Alerts Awake prone positioning of patients with hypoxaemic respiratory failure due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) supported with high-flow nasal cannula reduced the incidence of treatment failure and the need for intubation without any signal of harm, according to a study published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. “Awake prone positioning has been reported to improve […]
Read MoreAuthors: Timothy Gaulton, MD, MSc and Daniel J. Cole, MD, FASA ASA Monitor January 2021, Vol. 85, 25. “He seems a little off.” He was one of the first patients admitted to my (TG) hospital’s ICU with hypoxemic respiratory failure from COVID-19. Yet in contrast to the majority of other patients with this disease who presented […]
Read MoreAuthor: Tony Mira F1str News Last month, we published an alert outlining the provisions of the 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Proposed Rule (PR) that were most pertinent to the practice of anesthesia. As promised in that alert, this article will act to provide further details arising from the PR that may impact our […]
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